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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a fashionable recommendation based on the concept of “neurodiversity” as an identity. About as useful as the recommendation we got to “put child in sports, but not team sports.” suprise, he LOVES team sports.

What you should focus on is getting her into schools & activities where she can meet people she clicks with. This may in fact mean other kids on the spectrum but not necessarily. Schools sometimes can do a good job setting up lunch bunches of kids they think can form friendships (NT and otherwise). [/quote]

Mine was diagnosed at 7 (now 15) and we didn't get any such recommendation but I wish we had. We wouldn't have spent so much time and energy trying to fit her in to NT groups and activities, and would have saved her from repeated rejection and hurt, leading to her eventually saying "I don't care if I have no friends." Just in the last year or two, we focused on finding her a community of ND kids and she's been much happier. Two places we've found that locally are DC Peers and Vis Arts. DC Peers is specifically for ND kids, and Vis Arts happens to attract them for some reason and our daughter is very artsy.[/quote]

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